Several PokerPlasm officials provided details about the two day talks. Day one focused on the twitter hacking of PokerPlasm (see related story: Estonian Developer Caught Hacking into PokerPlasm Twitter Account) and future application security. And day two focused on the twitter hacking of another account. Mr. Grundy, of Hell’s Cold Day, requested that PokerPlasm represent them at the talks and initiate resolutions to his twitter security breach.

“These talks were necessary,” said PokerPlasm Chief Executive Officer, Trevor Holewinski, “in the hopes that an incident of this nature will not occur again.”

At the close of the scheduled press breifing, PokerPlasm officials handed out formal letters of apology from the Estonian based company.

Dear Mr. Holewinski,

Please accept our apologies, there was an incident with one of our staff member during the maintenance.

Due to a human error, after an attack to our servers, the data of our team member accounts were mixed up with 5 random users from our database.

We promise that this won’t happen again, however we can understand that you have lost your trust towards to us.

Right now we are doing everything in our power to fix the situation and find out who were the other users who have lost their accounts.

We know that this might not ease the damage which this situation caused to you, but we are ready to compensate the trouble by assigning you the special status (described in our web-page) without needing to grant your data to our system. This is only if you accept this kind of compensation.

Once again we are truly sorry.

Cheers,
Marti Sild

Any questions concerning this incident can be directed towards crashms.

I just flipped through it rather quickly, but here are the main points I picked up.

• Steven “Grundy” Murphy really put his foot in his mouth this time. His Who Killed Poker Chat? piece has the poker masses very upset. What is this guy thinking?
• The editorial by BizarroGrundy is spot on. A fresh take on poker in my opinion.
• Street3 is back in jail…no surprises there.
• Nothing about The Jester, thankfully.
• A fantastic hand analysis article by Complete Poker Rules, called Villain in Early Position with AA! Vote today!
• And finally, The HoneyDipper Invitational is gaining momentum. This tournament is going to be huge. Even the twitter community is jumping through hoops to register!

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What is the story behind your nickname? What made you start a blog? Was it a light bulb type moment?
It seemed like a natural progression to tie my love of poker and love of writing. I used to write fiction and may be getting back into it. The light bulb moment probably came from my friend David Sasseman starting to freelance write for various poker magazine’s like Bluff and Rounders. I wanted to join in the fun, but the Internet was more my medium.

What stakes are you playing at now? Are you finding it easier or tougher to make a profit than you did 6 months ago?
Currently, I like single-table tournaments. “Sit-n-goes,” although I dislike the name, with buy-ins between $10 and $50…usually $20. In that price range I almost always make it to the top four…and since the top three pay, I usually cash about 65% of the time. I know, my math should be 75%, but I’m factoring in my tilt factor. I’ve been pretty consistent for the last six months.

Do you only play No Limit Holdem? Any other variations?
Online, I stick to No Limit Hold’em. I can profit with limit, but I don’t have any fun doing it. Omaha is my kryptonite. I’m open to anything when playing with friends. I like games with a roll-out at the end…y’know, for suspense.

Do you mostly play online? Any live play? How many times a week for both?
I play mostly online, but I desperately want to get a regularly scheduled live game going. I have recently moved and haven’t had the chance to start and/or find one. Online play for me is about three days a week for varying hours of the day. It used to be daily, but I have a day job and a wife now.

When you scout out a live game, what are you specifically looking for?
Fish, but not just any fish. Honest fish is most important. I try to meet new players before actually dealing with them. I don’t play with cheaters (obviously) or hotheads. In a casino environment, I try to watch a couple goes around the table before sitting down to test aggression levels. I like playing with one bully, but not a table full of them. Although I love playing with people on tilt or easily tilted. If I see just one person make what I consider a stupid play, I sit down. I probably don’t do as much scouting as I should.

In your first piece, you say

How have you helped your readers make a profit playing poker?
I’m a big advocate of starting small. Many of my early posts deal with finding what game, medium, and buy-in works for you. Making a profit comes from bankroll management, and when you’re just starting out it can also mean minimizing your loses. I’ve shared some of my pitfalls as far as money management goes and how I found what works for one person may not work for you. Poker can be a very personal venture. I try to show people how to be honest with themselves and make it their own. And, as I was quoted, have fun!

What books have helped you become a better poker player?
I just finished “Ace on the River” on audiobook read by the author. It is a great listen to anyone interested in the ins and outs of poker without going into the strategy of types of hands. For that I read David Slansky books. I also like Dan Harrington on Hold’em, although I have read it backwards…I had to see how it ended.

If you could pick any poker player to be, who would it be? Why?
Daniel Negreanu. He is one of the best for sure and efficient in his money making by parlaying his celebrity into video games and such. He is a great business man. And of all the players, you can’t say much bad about him. He’s not a hot head or a brat and friends with almost everyone.

If I gave you $10,000 this instant, would you enter the World Series of Poker Main Event? Or play various smaller entry fee WSOP events? What would your strategy be?
The only way I could be honest with myself is for you to give me the money and see what I would do. I have time if you need to run to an ATM. But seriously, folks, I would play the main event. I’d have to live the dream. My strategy would be to prepare by clocking in long days of poker. I don’t have any experience with multi-day events. Outside of that I would play tight the first day to ensure survival and try to amass a chip stack the second day that can carry me on. Oh, and I would wave to the camera a lot.